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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It’s not from this decade, though. Most of the data in that article is gleaned from more than ten years ago. My point stands. Current trends show that goalies going deep in the playoffs are those that play in fewer than 65 regular season games.
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To me the more important information is what teams go deep.
If you want to talk about goalie play, unless it is Hasek stealing games, you have to lean towards data, not series results. Some kind of data that indicates how a goalie actually plays, not team results. (Seems like the elephant in the room, given that it’s a Mike Smith thread)
Talbot played 73 games one year and played in a couple of rounds. Almost 3. Then he played, what, 67 and wasn’t anywhere near. What did that have to do with Talbot? Not as much as your position implies. It had to do with 19 other guys on the ice.
Look. I know you have an idea, and I know that most people don’t want to change their opinion for no reason.
Guess what? Most goalies play less than 65 games. Not being snide, you could have actually stopped your argument there.